If the French hadn't invented those fried potatoes, this wouldn't even be an issue.
Air France may bar obese passengers from flights
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StanScratch
My Penis Is Dancing!
Well, I guess Air France will no longer be coming to Ohio.
I can see their reasoning, though. Get too many fat people on a plane, and it won't even be able to take off.
I can see their reasoning, though. Get too many fat people on a plane, and it won't even be able to take off.
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
Ohio is a fine state. be good, mister. :nono:
:nono: :tongue: Nope, it would be discrimination to make someone pay more.
Supafly
Retired Mod
Ohio is a fine state. be good, mister. :nono:
:nono: :tongue: Nope, it would be discrimination to make someone pay more.
No. You take more weight on the plane, you have to pay more - like luggage, like your oversized ass. If you are oversized.
I know quite a lot of obese people, and they eat like insane. All of them. If you drink Coke all the time, eat chips for snacks like a whol bag at a time, and hrow in chocolate bars in between, do not wonder you can't loose those punds.
AND you make your fellow health care people pay up for diabetes and other obesity-created illnesses.
I do not believe in those 'I just can't help being fat'- excuses.
You HAVE the choice :thumbsup:
GregCentauro
Banned
Interesting though, that France is pushing this. Obesity is rather uncommon there. I smell anti-Americanism. Yet again!
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity
Supafly
Retired Mod
And please check the definition of Obesity.
If a third of the US-population is not just overweight or chubby but plain FAT, well makes you think about your real need for a large-scale health plan.
And if you have to pay more if you travel because you steal other peoples seats, that's just fair.
If I would have to sit next to a fat bastard who pushes his body on half of my seat, he will have to pay for that space or get off of it.
If a third of the US-population is not just overweight or chubby but plain FAT, well makes you think about your real need for a large-scale health plan.
And if you have to pay more if you travel because you steal other peoples seats, that's just fair.
If I would have to sit next to a fat bastard who pushes his body on half of my seat, he will have to pay for that space or get off of it.
I have, more than once, been inconvenienced by a plus sized person on a plane. The worst was when I was flying Amsterdam to Detroit - the person beside me, upon arriving on the plane and finding her seat, pulled up the arm rest next to her (because she couldn't fit between them), and sat down. This literally mashed me up against my own arm rest (non-movable, as it was next to the aisle). It was a painful, many hour flight. I had a welt as a result.
So what is the option? I dunno. There are rules about how big your luggage can be, how big your carry on can be, and how much they can weigh. The seats are a finite size. If you do not fit in them, you have to buy two. If you have to pay for extra weight/size for luggage, this is no different. I don't believe it is being inappropriate. There is a finite amount of space on a plane, there is a finite amount of weight allowed on a plane. Sorry if you don't fit into that space, but really that doesn't change the physics.
So what is the option? I dunno. There are rules about how big your luggage can be, how big your carry on can be, and how much they can weigh. The seats are a finite size. If you do not fit in them, you have to buy two. If you have to pay for extra weight/size for luggage, this is no different. I don't believe it is being inappropriate. There is a finite amount of space on a plane, there is a finite amount of weight allowed on a plane. Sorry if you don't fit into that space, but really that doesn't change the physics.
Supafly
Retired Mod
I understand Japan Airlines is for sale. Of course, you would have to pack three seats of those together then ^^
http://dailycaller.com/2010/01/19/japan-airlines-files-for-bankruptcy/
http://dailycaller.com/2010/01/19/japan-airlines-files-for-bankruptcy/
From what I've learned when dealing with a plus sized person sitting next to you and this goes for other places too, buses, doctors offices, police cells. What you do is, as their girth has completely over come the situation and removed any comfort zone from the proceedings take that as the yardstick to which you jusge this seated relationship.
Don't think you need to be polite and attempt to keep within your own space because after all it's not really yours anymore. No, what you do is relax into whatever pocket of flesh you can. Relax into the flab, this is all you have to do for a comfortable seated experience. If they seem to be uncomfortable about this, tell them to go and fuck themselves and as an added plus fall asleep on their shoulder if you can.
Just generally make it as unpleasant for them as it is for you.
JayJohn85
Banned
Apparantly the UK isnt all that good these days either.
From what I've learned when dealing with a plus sized person sitting next to you and this goes for other places too, buses, doctors offices, police cells. What you do is, as their girth has completely over come the situation and removed any comfort zone from the proceedings take that as the yardstick to which you jusge this seated relationship.
Don't think you need to be polite and attempt to keep within your own space because after all it's not really yours anymore. No, what you do is relax into whatever pocket of flesh you can. Relax into the flab, this is all you have to do for a comfortable seated experience. If they seem to be uncomfortable about this, tell them to go and fuck themselves and as an added plus fall asleep on their shoulder if you can.
Just generally make it as unpleasant for them as it is for you.
Yes, this is right. And so, I embrace the intense flatulence that comes with air plane travel.
A dozen pickled eggs a few hours before take off will allow you to win any battle of the wobbly cheeks.
Now, go forth and spread the word!
I dig that you use the same language as proselytizing.
I find that a baked bean sandwich, crab-cakes, and boiled broccoli are all I need.
Then I eat asparagus, eggs, and very rare beef, just to add to the aroma.
You want to sit next to me on a plane. I know it.
HE1FiNEARTiST
Banned
wow, i havent flown in 10 years, has it gotten this bad? :eek:
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